WELCOME TO OUR WEBSITE
I would like to take this opportunity to welcome you to the website of the Department of Mathematics/Computer & Information Science at SUNY/College at Old Westbury. The Department's main curriculum goal is to train our students as problem solvers and critical thinkers. Solving mathematics and computer science problems exercises our thinking abilities. We would like our students to think clearly in understanding problem specifications, think critically in examining their various algorithmic options and think creatively in applying their accumulated knowledge in the expression of their solutions. We would also like them to have a firm grasp of fundamental principals so that whenever they are stumped they can go back to the basics and reason their way out. In other words, we would like our students to grow to be intellectually independent and hence life long self-learners.
We live in a highly competitive and interdependent world where the most valuable commodity traded is knowledge. The enterprises would gravitate to any environment where knowledge workers are available in abundance at cheap wages. The Internet has truly connected communities all over the world, perhaps the universe which would become apparent in the coming decades if we establish communities on the Moon and Mars. This means that you would have to be fiercely competitive and highly creative since large numbers of other qualified candidates from other nations would be vying for the same jobs. How we come out as a nation in this competition would greatly affect our American way of life.
I invite you to explore our website and examine the Department's offerings in Mathematics, Computer & Information Science and Management Information Systems. We hope you will choose to continue your studies at Old Westbury. We endeavor to make your educational experiences at Old Westbury meaningful and rewarding. If I can be of any help to you in deciding your course of study, please feel free to contact me at guptan@oldwestbury.edu or call (516)876-3127/3176.
Dr. Naresh N. Gupta
Professor and Chairman
Department of Mathematics and
Computer & Information Science
SUNY/College at Old Westbury
Old Westbury, NY 11568